How Many Of You Are Cc?

[ThePenciledOne]

We are all familiar with the term, I myself am one, but we also know the other mentality of those that are Cradle Catholics or CC for short. The mentality is those that its just a faith they were born into and therefore are not really Catholic, since they carry on like its just part of their heritage, but not a religion.

Sorry if I was a bit general in that description, for the record I myself fit that bill for a while until a Protestant church (non-denominational) saved my faith, which is quite ironic.

What is your story?

[CatherineM]

Cradle Catholic. My father called us Irish Catholics.

[Arpy]

I'm technically a cradle Catholic, though I went to some Protestant churches and VBSes on the side until my mom reverted when I was six or seven. Since then I've been going papist all the way. B)

[muzikal4life]

I'm a CC. I think some people take their faith for granted because it's always been there. They haven't had to seek out the truth or fight for it, in most cases. Of course, I've had moments of questioning but haven't ever 'fallen away from the church' so to speak.

[HisChildForever]

[quote name='ThePenciledOne' date='03 January 2010 - 12:54 AM' timestamp='1262498055' post='2028933']
The mentality is those that its just a faith they were born into and therefore are not really Catholic, since they carry on like its just part of their heritage, but not a religion.[/quote]

In my opinion, a cradle Catholic has to make the choice to be Catholic, just like anyone else coming from a non-Catholic background. The main difference, of course, is that a cradle Catholic has been born into a Catholic household - although it must be taken into consideration that the household may not be so orthodox.

I can honestly say that the knowledge I have of Catholicism was learned on my own time and through my own desires.

Sometimes I feel like I do not give my parents enough credit, but while they attend Mass every week they are not exactly orthodox in their beliefs. My Dad tends to sound more orthodox than my Mom, to be honest. For example, this past semester I took a free elective course online - Intro to Theology. I had just written a really thorough reply to someone in a thread on contraceptives. It is definitely not a fun experience to be proud of your work and then have your Mom criticize you for believing something that was "created by men to control women" (or something along those lines).

[tinytherese]

I was born and baptized a Catholic and went to Catholic schools from pre-school to 12th grade, although I was a poorly catechized apathetic Catholic until I was in seventh grade when I channel flipped to EWTN.

[eagle_eye222001]

I'm a cradle Catholic in that while my family has always attended Mass every Sunday and confession at least once a year, it was not until about three or four years ago that my family actually began to understand our faith to any real extent and to be able to defend it with confidence.

[ThePenciledOne]

[quote name='HisChildForever' date='03 January 2010 - 10:35 PM' timestamp='1262572530' post='2029234']
In my opinion, a cradle Catholic has to make the choice to be Catholic, just like anyone else coming from a non-Catholic background. The main difference, of course, is that a cradle Catholic has been born into a Catholic household - although it must be taken into consideration that the household may not be so orthodox.

I can honestly say that the knowledge I have of Catholicism was learned on my own time and through my own desires.

Sometimes I feel like I do not give my parents enough credit, but while they attend Mass every week they are not exactly orthodox in their beliefs. My Dad tends to sound more orthodox than my Mom, to be honest. For example, this past semester I took a free elective course online - Intro to Theology. I had just written a really thorough reply to someone in a thread on contraceptives. It is definitely not a fun experience to be proud of your work and then have your Mom criticize you for believing something that was "created by men to control women" (or something along those lines).
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I mean, really it just boils down to the fact that religion is a personal thing, period.

[elizabeth09]

I go to mass every Sunday and Holy Days.

[Ed Normile]

[quote name='elizabeth09' date='03 January 2010 - 11:36 PM' timestamp='1262579779' post='2029320']
I go to mass every Sunday and Holy Days.
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I am not exactly a teenager, but I found this interesting. I am a cradle catholic, I come from an all irish catholic family, seriously we have never had another ethnic race in our line. I learned a lot of my faith in catholic school, much at home, and I even helped my dad , who put me through school, to realize that his view abortion is ok in cases of rape or incest was just wrong. I find something new almost every day about our faith, today for example I was reading the readings for mass online before I went to church and it dawned on me that Herrod had sent the wise men to seek out the King of the jews! I guess I fell pray to the old tale the wisemen followed the star etc. and did not realize or really listen to the part of the reading where they recieved word in a dream not to return to Herrod as he had nefarious reasons for wanting to find the messiah, and I have read this before but today it just spoke to me he wanted to kill the percieved threat to his throne. Sheesh, just when I thought I knew it all!

ed

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='HisChildForever' date='03 January 2010 - 09:35 PM' timestamp='1262572530' post='2029234']
In my opinion, a cradle Catholic has to make the choice to be Catholic, just like anyone else coming from a non-Catholic background.
[/quote]

Definitely, HCF.

[Hilde]

not moi

[Happy_Catholic]

I think it could be both. Some CC's are just Catholic in name only. Whereas, some CCs are the pretty diehard.

I'm a CC, as is my mum's side of the family. We're pretty die hard at it too. My Sittee (grandmother) is Lebanese and so there's a aspect of culture.

I don't think having Catholism as part of your culture is a bad thing, as long as the foundation of your life is the Catholic faith.

Granted, I've had my moments of questioning, where I wanted to investigate what was out there Christian wise, but every question I had, every political belief I held was already held or answered by the Catholic church's teachings. My investigations into other aspects of life kept leading me back to the faith I was born into.

To me, the Catholic faith is the one true faith, and the fact it also happens to be expressed in culture is a major bonus!

And anyway, isn't the point of Confirmation the CC finally chooosing to remain in the faith they were born into?

Edited January 4, 2010 by Happy_Catholic

[ThePenciledOne]

[quote name='Happy_Catholic' date='04 January 2010 - 02:41 AM' timestamp='1262587311' post='2029416']
And anyway, isn't the point of Confirmation the CC finally choosing to remain in the faith they were born into?
[/quote]

True, but I know with my class to say the least, it was to please the parents....

[Arpy]

Yeah, sadly there are a lot of kids who go through confirmation to please their parents, or because their friends are doing it, or because it's just expected of them. It's hard to impress upon them the reason for their confirmation if they haven't had years of good catechesis on which to base it.